Wednesday is health & human services day on The Grant Brief.

Both of these funders accept applications year-round, but they operate at completely different scales. Kellogg awarded $286 million across 1,778 grants in its most recent filing year. Human-Animal Alliance gave $84,000 across five. What they share: rolling intake, community-level health focus, and a preference for organizations already doing the work rather than pitching new concepts.

$1,000 to $70,000,000 (median award: $100,000) / U.S. with priority in Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, and New Orleans; also funds in Mexico and Haiti / Rolling LOI

wkkf.org/grantseekers/

Funder profile: kindora.co/funders/381359264

What we know: Kellogg made 5,445 grants totaling over $1 billion from 2023 to 2025. Michigan alone accounts for 1,448 of those grants (27% of all awards). The sector mix leans heavily toward higher education (870 grants), human services (559), and community improvement (409). Internationally, Kellogg made 218 expenditure-responsibility grants totaling $119.7 million across 15 countries, with Mexico receiving the bulk: 283 grants worth $47.9 million. Recent top recipients include Battle Creek Public Schools ($24.2 million across 7 grants) and Grand Valley State University ($10.6 million across 9 grants). The listed range stretches to $70 million, but the median sits at $100,000 and the 75th percentile at $225,000.

Realistic fit: established nonprofits with deep community roots in Kellogg's priority geographies, especially Michigan, Mississippi, or New Mexico. National organizations win here too, but local track record matters.

$2,500 to $50,000 (median: $16,000) / United States / Rolling (one application per calendar year per organization)

h-aa.org/grants

Funder profile: kindora.co/funders/874553259

What we know: This is a reapplication path for organizations that have previously applied to H-AA. The foundation made just five grants in 2024 totaling $84,000, split across Texas, North Carolina, and Florida. All five recipients run animal-assisted or human-animal bond programming: Paws4People ($25,000), Ranch Hands Rescue ($20,000), Hope Reins ($16,000), Tomorrow's Rainbow ($13,000), and Inspiration Ranch ($10,000). The sector mix spans human services, animals, health, and mental health.

Realistic fit: small U.S. nonprofits running animal-assisted therapy or pet-retention programs that have already been through H-AA's process at least once. New applicants should look for H-AA's first-time application path instead.

If your organization works in early childhood, food systems, or racial equity in one of Kellogg's priority states, the LOI is worth submitting. If you're in the animal-assisted therapy space and have applied to H-AA before, the reapplication is straightforward. Outside those niches, neither is the right fit.